# Jyuguang
## English
### Etymology

Early 21st c., from the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 莒光 (Jǔguāng) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Jyǔguang.

### Proper noun

Jyuguang
* Alternative form of Juguang
** 2004, 馬祖国家風景区‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 30:[…] Jyuguang, once known as Dongcyuan or Eastern Dog, and Sicyuan or Western Dog, the name derived from the island's supposed resemblance to a crouching dog in outlet of Min River, and named Jyuguang after Remembering the Spirit of Jyu […]
** [2005 September 9, “President Chen Receives the Delegation from the Chinese-American Elected Officials”, in 中華民國總統府 [Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan)]‎, archived from the original on 06 March 2023‎:The president said that from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. he had travelled to the Matsu County to visit seven of its islands, including Nangang, Beigan, Dongyin, Liangdao, Gaodeng, and the Jyuguang island.]
** 2007, 文化資產宣導推廣活動示範行‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 61:Jyuguang used to be named "Baicyuan" (White Dog Village) because two islands of it look like dogs lying in the sea. Considering the inadequate of the name, the name of the village was renamed Jyuguang in 1971. The name was given by late President Chiang Kai-shek following the old saying "Wu Wang Tsai Jyu" which means that "Don't forget the Jyu Country".莒光鄉原名白犬鄉，因某個角度視之，整個島嶼狀似「犬」而得名。 […] 由于名字不雅,民国六十年(1971)十月,经行政院核定名為更莒光鄉， […] 係先總統蔣公命名，寓意「毋忘在莒」。
** 2010 June 7, “Jurisdiction”, in 福建連江地方檢察署 [Fuchien Lienchiang District Prosecutors Office]‎, archived from the original on 17 May 2021‎:Lienchiang County has four townships – Nangan, Beigan, Jyuguang (Dungchu, Hsichu) and Dongyin. Its total size is 29.6 square kilometers; its population is a little over 9000.
** 2013, Meng-Kan Chen, Hsiu-Hsi Chen, “Increased cancer mortality in Taiwanese inter-island migrants”, in Geospatial Health‎, volume 7, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 August 2017, page 252, column 2:The offshore islands of Matsu belong to Lienchiang county and cover a total area of 25,052 ha. They are composed of five large and several smaller islands, which are administratively divided into the four villages of Nangan, Beigan, Jyuguang and Dongyin. According to the national census of 1997 5,360 people live on the Matsu islands with more than 60% of the population living in Nangan.
** 2017 May, Piera Chen, Dinah Gardner, “Taiwan's Islands”, in Lonely Planet Taiwan (Lonely Planet)‎, 10th edition (Travel), Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 299‎:The islands of Jyuguang Township (莒光鄉; Jǔguāng xiāng), Dongju (東莒; Dōngjǔ; Tongchu) and Xiju (西莒; Xījǔ; Hsichu), are the most southerly of Matsu’s islands. Both are remote and sparsely inhabited, but there's some pretty scenery.
** 2019 March 16, Chia-nan Lin, “Kinmen halts transport of pork due to infected swine”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 November 2019, Front Page, page 1‎:It was the third infected pig carcass found in the nation’s outlying islands, following dead hogs found in Kinmen’s Jinsha Township (金沙) in December last year and in Lienchiang County’s Jyuguang Township (莒光) in January, Council of Agriculture data showed.
** 2019 October 17, “Article 10”, in Fee-charging Standards for the Use of State-operated Airport, Navigation Aids and Related Facilities‎, archived from the original on 02 March 2022, page 6:The remote offshore areas set forth in the subparagraph 3 of paragraph 1 include: […] 3. Beigan Township, Nangan Township, Jyuguang Township and Dongyin Township under the jurisdiction of Lienchiang County, Fuchien Province.
** 2020 November 29, “Introduction the area under jurisdiction”, in Keelung Harbor Police Department, National Police Agency‎, archived from the original on 10 July 2022, About Us‎:As the most important gateway of Nangan, Fuao Port is the major traffic terminal heading for Beigan, Dongyin, Jyuguang. Also, it has Taima Line between Dongyin and Keelung for travelers.
** 2023 March 6, Joseph Yeh, “Taiwan military plane taking meat to frontline troops amid supply shortage”, in Focus Taiwan‎, archived from the original on 06 March 2023, Politics‎:In addition to daily flights often disrupted by fog between March and May from and to Taiwan proper, ferries are the main means of transportation between Taiwan and Matsu and between islands in Matsu, including services from Nangan to Jyuguang Township two main islands -- Dongju and Xiju.
** 2023 March 9, Ling-ling (張玲玲) Chang, “Soldiers should keep complaints off Internet”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 March 2023, Editorials, page 8‎:For Matsu, Jyuguang Township (莒光) includes two major islands, Dongjyu (東莒) and Sijyu (西莒), as well as smaller islets.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Jyuguang.

### References

* ↑ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info‎, 2006, archived from the original on 2006-10-01‎: “鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms […] 莒光鄉 / Juguang / Jǔguāng / Jyuguang / Chukuang”